Clarke is the only senior for the Huskies, and, as such, she's seen much leaner days for the lacrosse team. In previous years, Battle Mountain was on the wrong end of thumpings, so life is pretty sweet at 7-3.

And then, there's Aspen. In addition to the Opening Day loss, the Skiers outscored the Huskies, 30-8, in two meetings last year.

"I think it's the fact that we're all together now," Huskies coach Emily Jaissle said. "For the first game (against Aspen), we didn't have all our players together. We weren't on the same page. Today, we were all present, together and playing for each other."

Maddi Conlin had four goals and four assists. Clare Baker had five goals and one helper. Mabry Gentry had a hat trick and Tyra Kuller finished with two goals and an assist. Sienna Miller back-stopped it all in goal with 12 saves.

The Huskies have three games left - at Eagle Valley Thursday; at Fruita Monument May 1 and home for Grand Junction May 3.

A reminder - CHSAA girls lacrosse has not split into two classifications like the boys, so the playoff picture remains murky, despite Battle Mountain's breakout season.

But that got us to thinking - how are other teams in the county looking with regard to the postseason?

The rundown:

Track and field

Welcome to our first look at milespilt.com. In 4A, the top 18 times and distances make it. For 1A Vail Christian, it's the top nine. My rule of thumb, from surfing this site early and often, is that you can only get really comfortable with a state invite if you're in the top five at 4A and top three in 1A.

Battle Mountain is in the league playoffs. After that, who knows? This is just nutty.

Battle Mountain has a 7-1-2 record. Steamboat Springs will likely finish with the same record - its last game is against Summit County. So who wins the division?

First tiebreaker is head to head: Both the Huskies and Sailors drew in both their games.

Second tiebreaker is results against teams in the rest of the division: That doesn't help since both teams will likely have season sweeps against Eagle Valley and Summit.

Third tiebreaker is results against opponents in the Western Divison: Only problem here is that Glenwood Springs and Palisade should end up tied at 8-2. D'oh.

Fourth tiebreaker is goals allowed in your own division: Battle Mountain and Steamboat are tied.

Fifth tiebreaker is goals allowed against the Western Division: Battle Mountain by one goal.

So, Battle Mountain coach David Cope's best guess - and he is the resource on Western Slope tiebreakers - is the Huskies play Glenwood Springs Tuesday at Battle Mountain, while Steamboat Springs is at Palisade in the league semifinals.

In the meantime, the Huskies host Coal Ridge Thursday for Senior Night. And please don't ask about the state-playoff picture. It's more complicated than the league picture.

Boys lacrosse

The Huskies are 9-2. They're ranked No. 9 in The Denver Post 4A Poll. Barring losing their last four games or some other nightmare scenario, they're probably in. But I really don't trust CHSAA. It's not kind to Mountain Conference teams. The Huskies host Summit tonight at 6 for Senior Night to start the four-game stretch. Please win.

Baseball

Eagle Valley took care of business Tuesday afternoon, pounding the Huskies, 14-0, for the season sweep. The Devils (6-1) are in second place in the Slope, one half-game ahead of Delta and two back of Palisade.

The top-three teams from the Slope make districts, and Eagle Valley looks pretty solid on that front. A sweep this weekend against Rifle would all but clinch a district berth for the Devils. The bigger question will be if Eagle Valley can play with Palisade and Delta, whom it faces in the final week of the regular season. Palisade and Delta are the cream of the Slope until the Devils can prove otherwise.